Hose-supporter



T. F. HANCOCK. HOSE SUPPORT ER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. I9I9.

Patented July 13, 1920.

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THOMAS F. HANCOCK,- OF SEYMOUR, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR .TO TI-TE SES IMOUJ RI v METAL GOODS COMPANY, CONNECTICUT;

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. HANCOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at 41 Derby Ave, Seymour, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Hose Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hose supporters and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive article of this character, especially adapted for women and children, which may be attached to a corset, waist or other garment by means of an ordinary safety pin, that is, any of the ordinary varieties of stock safety pins consisting simply of a head, a straight head carrying arm and a point arm, the two arms being connected by a coil to give resilience to the point arm. The special object ofthe present invention is to provide satisfactory and inexpensive means for attaching the web of a hose supporter to the safety pin by mechanical means only and without stitching. This attachment of the web to'the pin has heretofore been an important item in the cost of hose supporters, as the cost of the thread, the expense caused by the breakage of needles, the time consumed by the stitching, and the loss of time in putting in new needles has exceeded the cost ofthe pin and the metallic parts intermediate the web and the pin, the loss from breakage of needles being unavoidable as it is exceedingly difficult to prevent the needles from striking metallic parts in the operation of stitching.

WVith these and other objects in view'I have devised the novel hose supporter which I will now describe referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts. 7

Figurel is a view showing in elevation a safety pin and the upper-end of the web of a hose supporter attached thereto;

Fig. 2 a perspective view illustrating the mode of attachment of the web to the pin;

Fig. 3 a section on an enlarged scale on the line 33 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Fig. 4: is a view showing the pin with the web attaching means secured thereto, the web being removed.

10 denotes the head of an ordinary safety pin, 11 the head carrying arm, 12 the point or SEYMOUR, CONNECTICUT,

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arm, which engages the head in the usual manner,13 the coil, intermediate the two arms, which gives resilience to the point arm, and 14: the web of a hose supporter.

The gist of the invention lies in the special means by which the web is attached to the pin. This means comprises a frame 15 which is struck out and formed from sheet metal and is provided with lugs 16 which are adapted to be clamped about the head carrying arm ofthe safety pin, and with a cross bar 17 having an offset plate 18 lying 1n parallel relation thereto, as clearly shown Specification ofLetters. Patent. Patent d ff l 1 3 192() in Fig. 1. The mode of attaching the web A to the cross bar. will be clearly understood from Fig. 3. The end of the web is placed between the plate and the cross bar and the plate is clamped down upon the web to lock it to the cross bar, as clearly shown.

Having attached the end of the web to the cross bar'and attached the frame to the head carrying armof the pin, the free end of the web is then passed between the cross bar and the side of the frame, then upward and over the cross bar, that is between the cross bar and the head carrying arm of the pin, then downward over the plate of the [cross bar, and between the cross bar and the side of the frame again, as clearly shown in Fig.

2, and.is then drawn down tightly, as in Figs. 1 and 3. p

thus provide a simple, strong and inexpensivemode of attaching the web of a hose supporter to an ordinary safety pin,

it being practically impossible to detach the web fromthe pin under the ordinary conditions of use. I, furthermore, eliminate stitching and prevent the expense and loss of time from breakage of needles, etc., that is unavoidable when the web is secured to the pin by stitching. Another important advantage of my present invention is that the connection is flexible as the frame will swing freely onthe head carrying arm of the pin, which is found to be an important advanta e in use.

claim:

1. A hose supporter comprising a safety pin having a head carryin frame adapted to be secure to said head carrying arm, said frame provided with a cross bar to the length of which an offset plate is attached, whereby a web may be TIaving thus described my invention, I

arm, and a--' inserted and clamped between said cross bar and plate and have its free end passed beneath the cross bar and between the sides of the plate. a ,7

2. A hose supporter comprising a safety pin having a head carrying arm, and a i frame plvotally secured to said arm, sa1d frame comprising slde pieces, 'a crossbar" beneath which isa longitudinal slot, andan l0 ofi'set plate, the upper edge of saido'fi s et plate being attached to the upper edge of the cross bar for its approximate length,

l whereby a :Web may be inserted andclamped nal slot, and around said cross. bar so that it will suspend from the top thereof to exert additional pressure against the ofiset'plate to hold it against the web. e

V THOMAS F. HANCOCK. V 

